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Magnus Lindelow


Magnus Lindelow is the Global Program Lead for Pandemic Preparedness at the World Bank. 

Previously, Magnus was the Practice Manager for Health, Nutrition, and Population for West and Central Africa. He has worked extensively in East Asia, Latin America and Africa, and has held positions as Practice Manager for Health in East and Southern Africa and Program Leader for Human Development in the World Bank’s Country Office in Brazil. He has published books and research articles on impact evaluation of health sector programs, distributional issues in the health sector, public finance, service delivery, poverty and other topics. Prior to joining the World Bank, Magnus Lindelow worked as an economist in the Ministry of Planning and Finance in the Mozambique and as a consultant on public finance and health sector issues.

Magnus received an undergraduate degree in economics from University College London, and earned M.Phil and D.Phil degrees in Economics from Oxford University.